Jessie Royce Landis
ActingJessie Royce Landis (born Jessie Medbury; November 25, 1896 – February 2, 1972) was an American actress. Her name is also seen as Jesse Royce-Landis. She remains perhaps best-known for her mother roles in the Hitchcock films To Catch a Thief (1955) and North by Northwest (1959). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jessie Royce Landis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies
Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
Grandmother Greher
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
1971
Queen Mother Alfreda
The Ceremony of Innocence
1970
Harriet DuBarry Mossman
Airport
1970
Albertina Blythe
Gidget Goes to Rome
1963
Charlotte Orr
Critic's Choice
1963
Ethel Williams
Boys' Night Out
1962
Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
Bon Voyage!
1962
Mrs. Van der Besh
Goodbye Again
1961
Elizabeth T. Chapman
A Private's Affair
1959
Clara Thornhill
North by Northwest
1959
Mrs. Blake
I Married a Woman
1958
Angelica Bullock
My Man Godfrey
1957
Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
The Girl He Left Behind
1956
Princess Beatrix
The Swan
1956
Jessie Stevens
To Catch a Thief
1955
Self (uncredited)
Main Street to Broadway
1953
Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")
Meet Me Tonight
1952
Mrs. Wright
Mother Didn't Tell Me
1950
Martha Winters
My Foolish Heart
1950
TV Shows
Mrs. Chadwick
Columbo
1971
Ironside
1967
Madame Olga Nemirovitch
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Mrs. Edwina Pierce
Valentine's Day
1964
Mrs. Kilburn
Thriller
1960
Madame Vachet
Adventures in Paradise
1959
Claire Crane
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Olivia Chesney
Climax!
1954
The United States Steel Hour
1953